Jalen Green-Dejounte Murray trade talk gaining steam? Here's latest

The Dejounte Murray to Phoenix Suns chatter is gaining momentum.NBA insider Chris Haynes tweeted Nov. 13 the Suns have “registered interest” in the New Orleans Pelicans guard. The Athletic is reporting he has interest in the Suns.The Athletic also is reporting Murray’s camp is hopeful the deal would have Murray join the Suns in exchange for Jalen Green. Phoenix (5-6) is 4-1 in its last five games while New Orleans (4-8) has dropped its last four games.Murray, 30, fits the mode of a traditional point guard, something the Suns lack. Green's fit is in question in Phoenix as he's being asked to take on playmaker duties but remain in attack mode.A league source acknowledged the Green-Murray chatter, but two league sources informed the Arizona Republic that teams haven't expressed interest in Green, who is averaging a career-low 11.8 points in his second season in Phoenix.Green didn’t play in the fourth quarter of Phoenix’s 101-96 win Thursday over the Charlotte Hornets at Mortgage Matchup Center. He finished with 12 points in 20 minutes.“Whatever it takes to win,” Green said after the game. “My number wasn’t called in the fourth.”The Suns acquired the talented and athletic 6-4 guard from the Houston Rockets in the Kevin Durant trade before the 2025 draft.A league source noted how Green is due $36.2 million next season and $36 million in 2027-28 with a player option, which, coupled with his play this season, is factoring in the lack of interest in him. Becoming eligible Oct. 1 for a max extension of four years, $195.2 million, Green will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2027-28 season.Murray is on the third year of a four-year deal for $114.2 million. He’s due $32.7 million this season and $30.7 million next season with a player option.The 6-4 guard will be an unrestricted free agent after next season.Green is set to make $33.5 million this season.Murray is averaging 13.4 points and 4.4 assists, his lowest since generating just 4.1 in 2019-20 with the San Antonio Spurs after missing the previous season with an ACL injury.Averaging 5.4 assists for his career, Green delivered a career-high 9.2 in 2021-22 during his lone All-Star season.Murray led the league in steals that season at two a game.Green is having his share of struggles after battling a hamstring injury that limited the 24-year-old to a career-low 32 games last season, but the Suns talked before the season about riding with him in this adjusted role.Suns coach Jordan Ott reiterated that message last month.“Overall, we have to stick with some of things that we've talking about all camp because we did see success before the regular season started." Ott said. “We've got to give this a little bit of grace of couple more games just in general, both sides of ball. I think we have higher standards for what we want to do."Suns guard Collin Gillespie later spoke in support of Green after Green scored just two points in an Oct. 30 home loss to the Denver Nuggets in NBA Cup group play.“We're riding with JG 100 times out of 100,” Gillespie said.Have opinions about the current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @DuaneRankin.Support local journalism: Subscribe to azcentral.com today.This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Jalen Green-Dejounte Murray trade talk gaining steam? Here's latest